Gates Park

Gates Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Gates Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Gates Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.75811, -103.62548. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Gates Park

• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~3 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~11 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~13 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~14 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~14 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~17 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~18 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~24 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~24 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~25 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~26 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Gates Park

Other parks near Gates Park

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~57 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~58 km · Must-see
• Evans Plunge · park · Fall River · ~46 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~116 km
• Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~116 km
• Washington Park · park · Crook · ~117 km
• Wall City Park · park · Pennington · ~143 km
• Wilson Park · park · Dawes · ~144 km
• Finnegan Park · park · Dawes · ~144 km
• Delta-09 · park · Pennington · ~149 km

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